David Hufton, Sygnia
CEO
Nov 18, 2020

A new horizon for offshore investing

The classification of exchange traded funds referencing foreign assets as domesticassets is a game-changer, writes David Hufton. A significant declaration from the South African Reserve...
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Magda Wierzycka, Sygnia
CEO
Nov 17, 2020

The future looks brighter for investors

The circular recently issued by the SARB which re-classified exchange traded funds (ETFs) referencing foreign assets as domestic assets caught everyone by surprise. And yet,...
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Iva Madajarova, Sygnia
Head: Investment Consulting
Oct 28, 2020

Retirement savings – keep your eye on the goal

Behavioural finance explains how market movements and the resultant emotional reactions thereto may cause investors (including members of retirement funds) to make financial choices they...
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Lynette Dicey, Financial Mail
Journalist
Oct 21, 2020

Serving a new kind of investor

Given the lower return environment, investors are becoming far more fee sensitive and don't want to pay as much as before if there's little prospect...
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Sygnia
Sep 14, 2020

Sygnia’s stance on prescribed assets within retirement funds

We will oppose them through whatever means are available to us. The ANC’s 2019 election manifesto contained a statement that the ANC would “investigate the...
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Iva Madjarova, Sygnia
Senior Investment Consultant
Aug 16, 2020

Investing in the Time of Corona – Think ETFs

The Covid-19 pandemic has seen markets plummet quicker than liquor supplies during hard lockdown, and then shoot up just as fast as the price of...
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Sygnia
Aug 3, 2020

Sygnia Enters the Global Health Innovation Race

Sygnia Enters the Global Health Innovation Race Fintech disruptor Sygnia is launching a Global Health Innovation Fund, giving South African investors an opportunity to invest...
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Chante Burger, Sygnia
Investment Analyst
Jul 22, 2020

Some high tech products could turn out to be high cost traps

Fintech innovation has been an undisputed driving force behind lowering fees and improving customer experience in the financial industry for quite some time, but consumers...
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Duane Naicker, Sygnia
Head of Sygnia Umbrella Retirement Funds
Jun 3, 2020

Retired and stressed out by the market? Review your options

It’s soul-destroying to watch the nest egg you’ve painstakingly built up over years unravel – just ask those retirees who watched a chunk of their...
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Duane Naicker, Sygnia
Head of Sygnia Umbrella Retirement Funds
May 31, 2020

You were about to retire when Covid-19 struck your savings – now what?

Pre Covid-19, many saved diligently for retirement, or perhaps not so diligently and were already worried about having enough to live comfortably. Then along comes...
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